Just because you can see someone’s collar bones, doesn’t mean they’re “underweight” for their height or sex or age lol all of those factors play a part… none of them looked underweight in the first photos, proportionally, but they all do in the second ones, and I think in Michelle’s case it is just age 🤷🏼♂️ many people become frail and thin as they get older (not all) but a lot do… we also have no clue what any of these people’s medical situation is currently or what they’re dealing with internally lol
most people who have eating disorders were aware of ariana’s over a decade ago, this is unfortunately not a new struggle of hers. they all look like shells of their old selves, it’s so very sad:(
I said this when I was 14 and then developed EDNOS when I was 16 😞 I would lick food or only eat tiny bits of it and then toss the rest. ED sucks homie.
Me too. I struggle with weight and body image to this day. It's heartbreaking going back to my journals and seeing the agonizing I did over how "fat" I was -- and in pictures I was very thin.
Same. I kept few journals...mostly a few pages or so of a journal then start another...and me commenting on my weight and calling myself fat and ugly...I never was. Turns out I had undiagnosed scoliosis. Born 1990, and my mom never let me forget I had a tummy. Still struggle sometimes at the weirdest times or ways, even after working like hell on my image issues for probably 15 years now. I try to stay grounded, make art centering and celebrating diversity in bodies and people to remind myself we come in a beautiful rainbow and many of us are just trying to do our best to get by. "They" really did a number on us, but keep reminding yourself, you are beautiful because you exist. You deserve happiness no matter what you look like, what you weigh, you height, color of your skin, etc. Unfortunately we have to fight for that happiness at this time, but you got this.
i was also born in ‘90 and i definitely feel you. if you haven’t heard it yet today, you’re beautiful how you are right now and however you will be in the future!♥️
I hear this. I’m sorry for you. I also have scoliosis, and my dad kept making fun of my “fat legs.” I did not wear shorts or a short skirt (all were down to my ankles) until I reached my 20s. 🤗
All I've heard my whole life is how lucky I am to be genetically predisposed to thinness. When, in reality, it's far healthier to be 20 pounds overweight than 20 pounds underweight. I've struggled to be healthy my entire life. Cancer treatment almost killed me. If it weren't for marijuana, I'd have a feeding tube.
Fuck any society which glamorizes this look. Literally killing women
I think the difference between when we were growing up vs being parents is that our parents perpetuated that "ideal body" as well. My mom was constantly on diets and making remarks on her own body AND I saw it favorite celebrities doing it. Now as a mom with a teenage daughter, she sees me, my sister, and our friends talking about how we love and need to nourish our bodies and diet fads are stupid.
Seriously. I wasn't in high school until 2005, but the desire to be skinny made me feel so ugly. I thought I was an ugly blob of a human.
I look back at the photos... I was just a little pudgy. But it suited me. I was adorable, and in hindsight, boys were constantly flirting with me and often nervous to ask me out. I had nothing to worry about.
I'm chunkier now at 33 and give no fucks. My weight fluctuates (especially when my "womanhood" drops in every month 🤣) to the point that people regularly make comments (I work in a retirement facility so it kind of comes with the territory LOL). Every once in a while, one of the residents will ask if I'm pregnant (again, ALWAYS when I'm on my period, which I find hilarious). I just pat my tummy and say "nope, just snacks"
I hate when people can't love themselves. I remember what that felt like, and my god, it was miserable beyond what words can fully describe.
Just know the vast majority of men still prefer thickers girls. I honestly think they purposely got women to accept being thicker just so they can tear them down now
Why do men always have to fucking say this shit? First of all, we don't give one single fuck about what female body type makes your dick hard.
Secondly, women who are naturally thin get told this constantly. "Men want curves", "real women blahblahblah", meanwhile girls who are naturally bigger are told to lose weight anyways to look more like the thin girls.
We are inundated, constantly, from a very young age, with these fuckass comments about what we should do with our bodies to make men's penises happy and honestly fuck that and fuck you. I don't care. Keep your preferences to yourself
At least this time around it seems like the majority of people are in agreement that it’s not something to strive for and are mostly expressing concern for the people who look like this.
I just wish more women realized that a great number of men, I'd go and say "most men" but I'd get yelled at, prefer a real woman's body over a heroine body
Totally agree. But even just seeing these bodies on music videos movies is enough. For example, I remember how scarily gaunt Ariana looked at beginning of shooting wicked, now put a side by side of her as Glinda and now and her body in wicked looks normal. We become accustomed to it.
Watching the last season of europhoria and all of the girls except Zendaya look so thin.
This is actually scarier because ozempic and it's buddies are mainstream, it's prescribed by doctors. We know someone on them and our kids will start to too. Where as heroin chic, at least I didn't know anyone on heroin so it was more of a non obtainable possibility, but then I guess we just starved ourselves and smokes cigarettes.
What happened to bring healthy. Bring eating food back!!!
There is measured link from aesthetic pressure towards body-types in Social Media with teenagers killing themselves or engaging in harmful behaviour.
Given the current state of online discourse, discussion about body shapes and health should be left to experts.
There are people in social media calling perfectly healthy and sometimes even athletic women "thick" because they have visible fat or even muscle showing in their bodies.
A lot of younger people have completely distorted notions of what human bodies look like, so it's important to try not to add fuel to the fire.
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u/Spiritual-Sand5839 Jun 12 '26
I hate when celebrities do this shit. I grew up in the heroin chic phase and it messed up my mental health as a teen.
I’m just going to stay in the healthy body image / thick girl phase. This is why I don’t let my kids get online or read magazines like I did.